70 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:47 | Tran: 18:30 | Set: 3:17

Alt: 57.39° Az: 125.04° Direction: South-East

70 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cancer.

70 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, 70 Cancri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 70 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Cancri during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 05m 40s

Declination +27° 47’ 46”

Hour Angle 22h 00m 19s

Sidereal Time 07h 05m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 04m 09s

Declination +27° 53’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 198.1°

Galactic Latitude 40.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.04

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

70 Cancri is distant 604.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 185.53

Distance (light year) 604.82

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 70 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD77557

SAO Catalogue SAO80609

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44512

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1683

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 70 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.2° RISE 9:47

Max altitude: 66.3° TRANSIT 18:30

Azimuth: 297.8° SET 3:17

Set Location

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